“Wake up sleepy head.” Annie heard a loud voice say from her sleep.
“Go away.” She mumbled as she snuggled closer to the pillow.
“Annnnnieeeee, wake up.” The voice said again.
“Give me twenty minutes, Ella.” She mumbled with her eyes closed.
Annie and Ella spent the day cleaning the apartment after which they lazily crashed on the carpet in the living room, going over Annie’s new project idea on her laptop.They were interrupted when the doorbell rang.“That must be Claire and Jayden” Annie responded to Ella’s questioning eyes. Before she could stand up to go open the door, Ella beat her to it.
“I can tell you enjoyed yourself.” Evelyn directed her question to her last born who was seated beside her husband. Laura's head was on her Dad's shoulder.“Yes, mom. This is like the best birthday I’ve ever had.” She grinned.“I remember you saying the same thing last year.” Her mom mocked, referring to her thirteenth birthday last year where they threw a huge party for her.
Annie found it difficult to fall asleep after reading the romantic text Eric sent her which made her stomach flip. He knew how to make a woman feel special.She woke up feeling nauseous, left her bed for the bathroom, buried her face in the toilet and puked in it. A tear rolled down her cheeks as she puked the more.She has heard a lot about morning sickness but she never knew it could be this bad.
Eric intertwined his hands with Annie’s own and led her to his car.He opened the front passenger’s door for her, she got settled and he made his way to the driver’s seat.They were both quiet during the drive until Eric decided to start a conversation.“I spoke to my family abou
Annie took a break from attending to her customers when it was almost lunchtime. She wanted to rest a little and of course, find something to eat.As soon as she stepped into her office, her phone buzzed, indicating a message just came in. She took it out of her pocket and smiled as soon as she saw the message was from Eric.“As promised I got lunch covered for my angels. The delivery guy is waiting outside, go get your lunch from him. Take care.” Eric.
“It’s okay Ella, you know I don’t like putting too much makeup on.” Annie groaned but Ella did not pay attention to her. Instead, she concentrated on the magic she was doing on Annie’s face.Ella, Claire and Jayden were getting Annie ready. She agreed to be Eric’s date at a function tonight.“You don’t have any choice, Ann. I want you to be the most beautiful woman in that event tonight. And if possible, I want to see your face
As the woman of the night, she descended the stairs first with her best friend and siblings behind her.Eric could not take his eyes off her. He was dumbstruck as to how beautiful she looked. She was putting on a long red dress which matched with the colour of his tie. The dress had a slit which revealed a bit of her long tanned legs. He was amazed at the curves he saw. Though the dress showed a little cleavage, it showed it decently. He was so damn proud of her and couldn’t wait to show her off to the world tonight.
“So I take it that you had fun at the event?” Eric asked on their way home.“Honestly, I did.” She smiled at him. “I was expecting it to be boring but it wasn’t.”The rest of the drive was silent. Annie slept halfway through. She woke up when Eric pulled up in his estate. Annie was in awe as she took in the surroundings. The whole estate was screaming money. It was a new estate, one could tell by the look of it. Sure only billionaire
SECOND EPILOGUEFIVE YEARS LATER“Show me your eyes?” Evan asked Sienna. Sienna pouted for a while and then she pointed to her eyes.
EPILOGUEAnnie smiled as she watched Eric cradle one of the boys to sleep. She couldn’t tell which of her boys since his back was facing her.Fortunately, everything went well during her pregnancy. She received so much love from everyone, most especially her
Annie and Eric kept themselves busy the next day by going for baby shopping. They went to the mall to cross-check all the items they booked online the previous night and they also bought some things they thought the babies would need which they forgot to add to the list. By the time they got home, Annie was tired. Eric made lunch for her and made sure she took a nap.While Annie was taking a nap, Eric offloaded all the things they bought to the twins’ room and as soon as Annie woke up, she joined Eric and they ended up deciding they were going to change the theme of the room to a more friendly colour.
After spending a week in Dubai, two weeks in Paris and a week and a half in Rome, Annie and Eric returned home. Their honeymoon was a memorable one. They spent time exploring the word together and also made love on most nights except when Annie was tired. Still, there were times she would wake him up at midnight and beg him to make love to her. She would use the baby as an excuse for making her horny as hell.Annie and Eric decided to tell their families about the baby as soon as they got back from their honeymoon.
Annie made sure she set her alarm before she fell asleep. She woke up when it rang, said her morning prayers, thanked God for everything and committed her wedding day to God’s hand. Then she proceeded to the bathroom to do her business. She dried herself and got into her underwear and covered herself with her robe.Immediately she walked out of the bathroom there was a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw her mom and soon to be mother in law standing there with bright smiles on their faces.
Eric was not lying when he said keeping Annie’s pregnancy a secret would be the hardest thing he will ever do.There were days where he would be talking to his mom on the phone and would be tempted to spill the beans but then he would remember his promise to Annie.Annie was also finding it difficult to keep her pregnancy a secret. She was just a little over two months and she already had a small well-defined bump which had been the reason for her baggy outfit. Keeping
Days Later“Good evening Nora.” Eric greeted as he walked into the kitchen with his work clothes on.“Welcome Son.” She smiled at him. “How was your day?”
Eric was busy replying to his emails when his Secretary informed him that his sister was here to see him. He told her to let her in and she did.Almost immediately, Lucia walked in. She wasn’t sure what to do. She was embarrassed and guilty as hell. She was unsure as to how to face her brother.Eric sighed and got up behind his desk. He walked to where she was standing which was a few steps away from the door. He pulled her into a hug and that was when her tears fell.
“Babe you look different, you’re glowing” Ella exclaimed as she hugged Annie once more.Annie chuckled. “I guess that’s what happens when you take a vacation.”“I need to warn Eric not to take you away for that long. Gosh, Annie, three weeks without me talking to you. Damn, I almost died.” Ella said which made Annie chuckle.